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June 24, 2026
The Sheriff’s Office locked the doors to the public entrance of the jail to deter people demanding an end to ICE holds in Kent County
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June 22, 2026
Grand Rapids City Manager picks Joe Trigg to be the next Chief of Police, because he is “someone who loves justice?”
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June 22, 2026
Deconstructing memes: Why are people sanitizing US Presidents pre-2025?
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June 21, 2026
Resisting the narratives about Grand Rapids from the DeVos dominated GR A250 committee
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June 18, 2026
The Devil is in the details: Grand Rapids committee appointments and contracts that we shouldn’t ignore
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June 17, 2026
Channel 8 story on campaign to get the City of Grand Rapids to adopt 6 sanctuary policies is inaccurate and primarily relies on comments from the Mayor
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June 17, 2026
Doug DeVos is endorsing a new book, which tells us exactly what he really believes in
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June 16, 2026
Congress votes for $70 billion to further criminalize immigrants, but imagine if we spent that much money supporting immigrant families
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June 16, 2026
Rep. Scholten announces she fought to get $3.8 million for Bethany Christian Services while ignoring that organization’s discriminatory policies
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June 15, 2026
DeVos-led group GR A250 continues to want to control the narrative about the history of the US
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Those arrested for protesting ICE holds at the Kent County Jail were sentenced to community service
GRIID is offering an 8 week class on the history of US immigration policy
MLive story on Hillsdale College and their new high school Western Civilization curriculum fails to mention they partnered with the Trump Administration on teaching US History
Mayor LaGrand has refused to meet with Movimiento Cosecha to discuss the six sanctuary policy demands
GR Chamber of Commerce continues to promote data centers and is now part of a pro-data centers coalition that wants to shove data centers down our throat
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